Business Intelligence - The Evolution from Within

February 1, 2018

Building on the introduction and growth of classic Business Intelligence (BI) tools and the implementation of many data warehouse projects, the market for improved data visualisation and dashboard creation tools became established 7-8 years ago. New software companies created an array of products offering to ‘set business users free’ by allowing them to analyse data without being reliant on their IT department or specialist BI developers. 8 years on, have these tools lived up to their promises of giving business users easy access to the data they need? Unfortunately, a recent report from the Eckerson Group seems to suggest otherwise.

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